| 1 | | - | Date of enactment: March 21, 2024 |
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| 2 | | - | 2023 Senate Bill 753 Date of publication*: March 22, 2024 |
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| 3 | | - | 2023 WISCONSIN ACT 162 |
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| 4 | | - | AN ACT to renumber and amend 82.08 (5) and 84.18 (8); and to create 82.08 (5) (b) and 84.18 (8) (b) of the statutes; |
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| 5 | | - | relating to: supervision of local bridge projects funded under certain local bridge maintenance programs. |
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| 6 | | - | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in |
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| 7 | | - | senate and assembly, do enact as follows: |
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| 8 | | - | SECTION 1. 82.08 (5) of the statutes is renumbered |
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| 9 | | - | 82.08 (5) (a) and amended to read: |
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| 10 | | - | 82.08 (5) (a) The Except as provided under par. (b), |
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| 11 | | - | the county highway committee and the town board shall |
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| 12 | | - | have full charge of design, sizing, letting, inspecting, and |
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| 13 | | - | accepting the construction or repair, but the town board |
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| 14 | | - | may leave the matter entirely in the hands of the county |
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| 15 | | - | highway committee. The county highway committee |
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| 16 | | - | and the town board must agree on the cost of the project |
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| 17 | | - | and must consult each other during construction. |
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| 18 | | - | SECTION 2. 82.08 (5) (b) of the statutes is created to |
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| 19 | | - | read: |
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| 20 | | - | 82.08 (5) (b) For a project receiving funds under s. |
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| 21 | | - | 84.18, supervision and control of construction of the |
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| 22 | | - | project shall be as provided under s. 84.18 (6). |
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| 23 | | - | SECTION 3. 84.18 (8) of the statutes is renumbered |
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| 24 | | - | 84.18 (8) (intro.) and amended to read: |
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| 25 | | - | 84.18 (8) EXCEPTIONS. (intro.) Nothing in this sec- |
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| 26 | | - | tion prevents construction any of the following: |
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| 27 | | - | (a) Construction or rehabilitation projects under |
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| 28 | | - | other bridge programs if applicable. |
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| 29 | | - | SECTION 4. 84.18 (8) (b) of the statutes is created to |
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| 30 | | - | read: |
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| 31 | | - | 84.18 (8) (b) The sharing of the cost under s. 82.08 |
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| 32 | | - | to fund the local share of a local bridge project. |
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| 33 | | - | * Section 991.11, WISCONSIN STATUTES: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor’s |
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| 34 | | - | partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.” |
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| 1 | + | LRB-4857/1 |
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| 2 | + | EVM:skw |
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| 3 | + | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | + | 2023 SENATE BILL 753 |
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| 5 | + | December 8, 2023 - Introduced by Senators JAMES, BALLWEG, COWLES, MARKLEIN |
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| 6 | + | and SPREITZER, cosponsored by Representatives BROOKS, ROZAR, BRANDTJEN, |
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| 7 | + | DITTRICH, EDMING, GUNDRUM, HURD, JACOBSON, MURSAU, PENTERMAN and |
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| 8 | + | SCHMIDT. Referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government. |
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| 9 | + | AN ACT to renumber and amend 82.08 (5) and 84.18 (8); and to create 82.08 |
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| 10 | + | (5) (b) and 84.18 (8) (b) of the statutes; relating to: supervision of local bridge |
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| 11 | + | projects funded under certain local bridge maintenance programs. |
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| 12 | + | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 13 | + | Under current law, the Department of Transportation administers a local |
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| 14 | + | bridge program to reconstruct and rehabilitate seriously deteriorating local bridges |
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| 15 | + | (local bridge program). Under the program, political subdivisions apply to the county |
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| 16 | + | in which they are located for placement on the county's list of projects under the |
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| 17 | + | program. DOT allocates funds to counties based on the ratio between the estimated |
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| 18 | + | cost of reconstructing or rehabilitating qualifying bridges in that county and the |
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| 19 | + | estimated cost of reconstructing or rehabilitating qualifying bridges in the state. |
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| 20 | + | DOT supervises the construction of projects under the program and provides 80 |
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| 21 | + | percent of the project's costs with local funds providing the other 20 percent. |
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| 22 | + | Also under current law, a town that has voted to construct or repair a bridge or |
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| 23 | + | culvert on a highway maintained by the town may petition the county in which the |
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| 24 | + | town is located for shared funding of the project (county bridge aid). With certain |
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| 25 | + | exceptions, upon an adequate petition, the county must pay one-half of the cost of |
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| 26 | + | construction or repair. In general, the county highway committee and the town board |
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| 27 | + | supervise projects under this program. |
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| 28 | + | This bill specifies that county bridge aid may be used to fund the local share of |
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| 29 | + | a local bridge program project and that, if county bridge aid is used for this purpose, |
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| 30 | + | DOT supervises the project. |
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| 35 | + | SENATE BILL 753 |
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| 36 | + | For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be |
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| 37 | + | printed as an appendix to this bill. |
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| 38 | + | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 39 | + | enact as follows: |
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| 40 | + | SECTION 1. 82.08 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 82.08 (5) (a) and amended |
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| 41 | + | to read: |
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| 42 | + | 82.08 (5) (a) The Except as provided under par. (b), the county highway |
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| 43 | + | committee and the town board shall have full charge of design, sizing, letting, |
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| 44 | + | inspecting, and accepting the construction or repair, but the town board may leave |
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| 45 | + | the matter entirely in the hands of the county highway committee. The county |
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| 46 | + | highway committee and the town board must agree on the cost of the project and |
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| 47 | + | must consult each other during construction. |
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| 48 | + | SECTION 2. 82.08 (5) (b) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 49 | + | 82.08 (5) (b) For a project receiving funds under s. 84.18, supervision and |
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| 50 | + | control of construction of the project shall be as provided under s. 84.18 (6). |
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| 51 | + | SECTION 3. 84.18 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 84.18 (8) (intro.) and |
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| 52 | + | amended to read: |
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| 53 | + | 84.18 (8) EXCEPTIONS. (intro.) Nothing in this section prevents construction |
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| 54 | + | any of the following: |
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| 55 | + | (a) Construction or rehabilitation projects under other bridge programs if |
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| 56 | + | applicable. |
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| 57 | + | SECTION 4. 84.18 (8) (b) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 58 | + | 84.18 (8) (b) The sharing of the cost under s. 82.08 to fund the local share of a |
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| 59 | + | local bridge project. |
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